Bo Svensson

Bo Svensson (born 4 August 1979) is a Danish professional football coach and a former defender. He is manager of  Mainz 05 in the German Bundesliga.

He played three games for the Denmark national football team.

Playing career
He started playing youth football with Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB). He  moved from KB to FC Kopenhagen in June 1999. He debuted in September 1999. In March 2000 he played for  Danish under-21 national team.

With FCK  he won the 2001 Danish Superliga championship   and the 2003 Superliga. He won 2004 Superliga and Danish Cup. The 2004–05 season was less successful, but FCK managed won the 2005 Royal League tournament.  With his FCK contract running out one year later, in the summer 2006, Svensson looked for a new club, and left FCK in the winter break 2005. He played a total of 196 official games for FCK.

In January 2006 he went to Borussia Mönchengladbach in the German Bundesliga. In May 2006 he played for the Danish national team. In summer 2007 he was transferred to Mainz 05. After the 2013–14 season he retired from professional football.

Coaching career
Svensson started his coaching career as an assistant coach for Mainz 05. In June 2015 he became a youth coach for the club. In 2017 Svensson took over the under 19 squad of Mainz.

In 2019, he became the head coach of FC Liefering in the 2. Liga in Austria. Under his leadership the team finished the 2019–20 season in third place. In the beginning of the 2020–21 season the team was in the second place after 13 games.

On 4 January 2021 Svensson became the new head coach of his former club Mainz 05 in the Bundesliga.

Honours
Danish Superliga: 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2006
Danish Cup: 2004
Royal League: 2005, 2006

References

Category:1979 births
Category:Living people
Category:Danish footballers
Category:Bundesliga players
Category:FC Liefering managers